| Name | Occupation | Address in 1896 Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Barbour, George | Laborer | Owns home 318 Second St. |
| Beck, Andrew | Laborer | Rents home 138 Gautier St. |
| Butler, Mary M | Home 610 Franklin St. | |
| Eldridge, Edward | Foreman | Owns home Von Lunen St. |
| Evans, Josiah T. | Mine inspector | Owns home 227 ½ Vine St. |
| Fenn, Anna | John Fenn, stoves* | Store 230 and 232 Washington, Home 244 Locust* |
| Fleming, J. | Laborer* | Rents home 210 Dibert St. |
| Hamilton, Ida | NA | Home 529 Thomas Ave. |
| Hart, Alexander N. | Notary Public and pension agent | Room 1 Moses Bldg., 213 Franklin St. Rents home 247 Market St. |
| Lewis, William F. | Draughtsman | Home 506 Somerset St. |
| Mayhew, Edward | Laborer* | Laborer, rents home 116 Chapin St. |
| Gertrude Quinn | father James Quinn ran Geis, Foster and Quinn, Dry Goods and Notions, on Clinton | Corner of Jackson and Main |
| Ramsey, Charles C. | Superintendent | Rents home 426 Lincoln St. |
| Robb, Emma | Rents home 11 Dibert St. | |
| Swank, Morrell | Swank Hardware Comp. | Rooms 441 Vine St. |
| Tice, W.B. | Druggist | 105 Clinton St. |
| Viering, Henry | Furniture, undertaker | 137 Clinton St., owns home 227 Main St. |
| Name | Occupation | Where they went |
|---|---|---|
| Beale, Rev. Dr. David | Pastor, Presbyterian Church
After the Flood, he and Chapman were in charge of the morgues |
Rev. Beale moved to a new church after a disagreement with the congregation over using the church as a morgue without consulting with the elders. He died in 1900. |
| Rev. H. L. Chapman | Minister, Methodist Church
After the Flood, he and Beale were in charge of the morgues |
Left Johnstown several years after the Flood. Not listed in 1896 directory |
| Father Dr. Davin Priest, Cambria City Catholic Church |
Father Davin suffered a terrible kick in the side from a thief he tried to stop from robbing a body. He never fully recovered from his injury, though he continued to work, comforting people and turning the church into a morgue. | Friends and doctors to take a vacation to recover from his injury, but he steadily refused. In 1890 he finally took a break to go to Denver, where he died. The last words he spoke on leaving were to his sister Stella:
“I am afraid I did not leave soon enough.” |
| Fenn, Anna | Mrs. Fenn lost her husband, seven children, and home in the Flood. The child she was pregnant with during the Flood also died soon after birth. | She remarried a Mr. Maxwell and moved to Richmond, Virginia, and apparently had no more children. She died in 1928, and was buried in Johnstown’s Grandview Cemetery. |
| Heiser, Victor Student |
Victor lost both his mother and father and their home and store in the Flood. | At 16 he was “alone in the world” and left Johnstown to train as a doctor. He became famous for successfully treating leprosy. By the time he died in 1972, he had saved 2,000,000 people from leprosy! |
| Linton, John P. Lawyer |
Not listed in 1896 directory | |
| Poland, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Dentist |
Lost both sons and home in the Flood. Mrs. Poland taken to Philadelphia for treatment of her injured eyes. | She wrote to Mrs. Beale: “We expect to locate in Philadelphia, where we shall make a new start in the world.” |
| Gertrude Quinn Slattery | Wrote a book for her children in 1936, Johnstown and its Flood. | Quinns not listed in 1896 directory |
